About

is an Iranian American writer and editor who writes queer heroes. A Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices fellow and regular contributor at the Lesbrary, her work also appears in By Her Sword: A Sapphic Fantasy Romance Anthology, the forthcoming Nearest and Dearest: an anthology of dyke domesticity, and the literary publications Fruitslice and Frazzled Lit. They hold an MA in medical anthropology and are currently finishing their MFA at Emerson College alongside their first novel. She is a gardener who collects silly tattoos—Frog & Toad and the screaming possum are her favs. Home is with their partner and two cats in the US South, which you can pry from their humid, sweaty hands (please don't). She can also be found @susannesalehi.